This week’s update by @tuma features the official merge in the BOLTs repository of the specifications for creating simple taproot channels, providing improved privacy, security, and flexibility of the Lightning Network. We also cover the first stable release of Coco by @Cashu developer @Egge, an easy-to-use, modular, TypeScript-first toolkit for building Cashu wallets and applications, and the different releases of @Stratum v2 for the core protocol, applications, and mining dashboard. We finally propose some more interesting news. Notably, we discuss the biggest player in the mining industry joining the Stratum V2 Working Group, and a new challenge by Alloc Init to break their new witness encryption scheme. View article →